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Sanjay Kumar
Authoritarianism and the Crisis of Public Ethics in India
14 Jul 2019
Frequency with which Indians in authority fail to behave ethically in public, indicates that the process of making rational scrutiny, passing judgments and creating moral pressure is non-functional…
Sanjay Kumar
A Kilogram Is No More a Kilogram: The Revision of SI units Through a Marxist Philosophical Lens
31 May 2019
This revision also throws light on the dialectical aspects of the practice of science, which if not appreciated correctly may appear arbitrary and contradictory.
Sanjay Kumar
Electoral Mobilisation as a Vehicle for a Rainbow Social Coalition
21 May 2019
Dharamvira Gandhi’s campaign in Patiala opens a window to an alternative poll campaign that is neither based on a divisive agenda, nor on caste politics, but on stitching broad-based social…
Sanjay Kumar
Not a Tragedy: CSMT Bridge Collapse in Mumbai and Systemic Violence of Class Power in Indian Urban Transport Policies
22 Mar 2019
While existing cheaper public transport facilities bleed, the urban-scape of Indian cities is being remodelled for faster private travel over flyovers, elevated corridors, and expensive roadways on…
Sanjay Kumar
Modi’s Wars: In the Light of Clausewitz’s Theory of War
08 Mar 2019
Modi’s doctrine does not provide any rational basis for war and feeds parasitically on the country’s armed forces to further deepen hatred in society.
Sanjay Kumar
Situating Religion in its Place: The Indian Secular Project after Sabarimala
13 Feb 2019
An open and public debate among the faithful and others about undemocratic and disdainful aspects of religious beliefs and practices may be more conducive for the development of secular values, than…
Sanjay Kumar
The Purity-Impurity Logic of Hindu Caste Mentality is Convoluted
30 Oct 2018
How come shame, derision, and sacrilege gets attached to things which are integral to our lives, such as blood and excreta in the human body?
Sanjay Kumar
Squeezing Higher Education Through the Neoliberal Wringer: Academic Autonomy and the HECI
07 Jul 2018
Far from creating a sphere of shared autonomy with universities, the UGC has arrogated to itself powers of a funding agency.
Sanjay Kumar
Hindutva’s Anti-Dalit Aggression and Upper Castes’ Hegemony Over National Political Alternatives in India
15 May 2018
Among all sections of Hindu society, no section votes as overwhelmingly for the BJP as the upper castes.